The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Now that the preparations for the settlement of the Consol account are completed, the condition of the money market appears easier, and the bill brokers are more freely negotiating firet class bills at 61 per cent. The demand for monetary accom modation has fallen off, and as no firther orders for gold on continental accounts are known to be on hand, a more favourable feeling has been engen dered in financial circles. About £3,000 in bar gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The City of Washington has arrived from New York with £9,000. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures es under:- 1864. 1863. Great Western £55,268 £50,626 North-Western S outh-Western Brighton Midla n d S outh -Eastern Great Northern .. Lancashire and Yorkshire.. 36,740 32,520 Brist o l and Exeter 5,365 6,340 North-Eastern Manchester, Suffield, and Lincoln.. North British Scottish North Eastern 5,046 4 . 816 Glasgow and South- Western These returns, compared with those of the same period of last year, are in most instances exceedingly favourable. On the Great 'Western there is an in crease of £4,642 ; on the Great Northern of £3,994 ; on the Great Eastern of £3,660 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £4,220 ; on the North Western of £ 7 • 39 8 ; on the Swath. Western of £2,276 ; on the Midland of £3 ; 868 ; on the North Eastern of 1: , 3 1 059 ; and c n the South - Eastern, of •'" „ ' 3 The North British, however, shows a de crease of lad, and the London and Brighton of £l4B. The British and American Exchange Bankizg Corporation held i:s first ordinary meeting to-day- Mr. Gordon presided. The directors had previously stated in their notice convening the meeting that no business would be submitted till March next, when the accounts would be presented, but they, in opposition to their own proposal, brought for- Ward a motion to re-elect themselves in a body, without giving the usual notice. The meeting appeared desirous to re-elect the direc tors separately, which, being opposed to the original Motion, occasioned a demand for a ballot, end an angry discussion ensued, which was continuing When the report left. Messrs. Willis, Gant, and Co. have announced, on retiring from business, that their New Zsahand lin e of packets will be transferred to Messrs. Green, Robinson, and Co., and that the insurance traneae tions of the house will be contiaued by Mr. Barker as heretofore, under the firm of Willis, Barker, and CO. An Anglo Italian Bank, which has been for some tim e in preparation, will, it is said, be shortly intro duced, all the preliminary arrangements having been Completed. Sir James Hudson and Baron Ricasoli Will be members of the board of direction. The biddings for £500,000 in bills on India took Place yesterday at the Bank of England. The pro portions allotted were-to Calcutta, £270,000 ;to i37bay, £210,000; and to Madras, £20,000. The erniultira price declared was, as before, ls. llid. Pon Bombay, °ll Calcutta and Madras, and Is. 1 ltd. al bElY• The applications within the limits 8. amounted to £3 in^ v)000. Tenders on Calcutta at 2 will receive about 13 per cent. ;on Bombay, at i 2. about 34 per cent.; on Madras, at AO. 1 • 41 '1 about 60 per cent., and all above these prices in full. On th e 17 t h u lt.. when the biddings limits f or £400,000, th e applications within the amounted only to £1,240,000, and tenders " eale.tt th oge n at ls. 114 d. received about 9 per cent.; M a d,, -1113 °Inbay, at 2s. Old., in full; and those on " 48 ' a t 1 8. 111 4 1., about 60 per cent. Th a e shere list of the British Nation Fire Insur 1211,eke Pftpany will bo closed on Tuesday next, the • `" in st., for London, and on Thursday, the 14th In st., for the country. Two o'CLocit. At the Paris Bourse this morning (according to 41 '. Reuter's telegram) the Three per Cent. Rentes Wer e quoted at 66f. 75c. Not much activity is noticeable to-day in the S 'Qek Exchange Markets, where few unimportant e - h anger have occurred. The English Funds show "Imams of heaviness, although the more favour able German telegrams at one time lent additional Strength to quotations. Consols are 91 s for money, and 911 ) 4 for the February account. The New Th. reed and R e d uce d A nnu i t i es are 90 ; E xc h equer 1 . 31118, 3 8. die. to is. prem.; Bink of England Stock 1 8 marked 235 236 ; India Stock, 219 ex. div.; do. 5 per Cent. &faced Paper,lo4; and do. Bonds, par to 38 . prem. The business negotiated in Foreign Stocks this mor ning has not b een large, and the variations have not been important. Mexican remain steady at 36! ; Greek Bo n d s , at 241 show an advance of / ; the Canyons continue firm at 11; Spanish Passive are again 34k ; the Certificates hive declined ; A ' !.° 14 I ; Turkish C onso lid ee are worse, et "I and the C onfederate Loan is steady at 38 40. In the Railway Share Market business has been exceedingly dull. A firmer tone, however, prevails, "tag to the favourable traffic receipts on most of the Lincoln ; ffi Pr ' nci pal lines. Manchester, Shreld, and Soot , and Metropolitan, have improved 10s., and h "tern 58 . Lancashire and Yorskhire, and South Western, have each declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little Change of importance. Ban} and Miscellaneous Shares generally exhibit firmer tone. Alliance have advanced to 461, - - ; toto of India, A ustra li a, an d C h i na to 39t, 'ku National Shipping Company are quote d par Co e Prem.; Pacific steam 11 11 prem. ; Contract poration, 21 3 prem.; and Australian Shipping, prem. BRITISH FUNDS --ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNM ENT FUNDS. d per itt Cent. Consols ...... Conccount Peb. 4.. • • ............ 9 1 1 New ............ 91 3 per . Reduced .................. 91i 3 per Cent . .......... 91i 1 Exchequer Bills, Zl,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. per Ditto 1;500 ............ Ipm 3 dis Ditto 1100 and £2OO ...... Ipm 3 dis IndINDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ia Stock, 1874 ................ 219 x d Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent...... Ditto 4 per Cent ................. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 18'72 .......... 104 1.) ..„ bonds t I,uoU .................. 3 Pm Dittos uder £l,OOO .................. par FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLO'LIk. tkeuttrian Bonds, 5 per Cent ............ Ditto 1859 .............. -- razilian 5 Der Cent ................... bitto 1839 and 1859 - ..., D itto 41 per Cent., 1852-68-60 8 'lv ptian 7 per Cent I.)itto, Second Issue ........ 'eek 5 per Cent. 1824-5, ex-Coup,ns.. Ditto Acc0unt.............. . ........ 24k i kekican 3 per Cent .... ...... pi)itto Account t',r,vian 3per Cent. Dittollltt Account KADitto4i per Cent., 1862 ecount ...................... 85/ 6 111tuese 3 p er C ent., 185 3 ...... Ditt o itt tt o A ccount.. -Lo 3 Dit to 4 Per Cen., , ~ 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 1 Spanish 3 ee ' nult i 47 Ditto P Per Cent Ditto A4tiawe 34k i c ount SpirititoshaCceert. of . Coup .. ... not funded .. — Tntkish 6 elZ3kut. 1854 — Ditto Ace Ditto eunt .......... .... Lto 6 per t 1858. bit.to.,, A ccoun e t u • 70 69 Di I). " 6 per Cent. 1862 -Itt o A„,,_ - , ount b!tte, £l.OO Bonds 1 1 ) pto 6 per Cent. 1863 ............. 0 —l)!..t,t? Gua ratteed, 4 per Cent. v '',o Debentm•es, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 e4ezuela 3 Per 'cent. oitt o 4 . , • 2A 1)1, count 1, 40 6 per Cent 1852 - ..itt o Account Cent. 56 66 b Dividends on the above payable in London. 'llll per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull Ditto 4 '' 101 i tt mi .-= per Cent. Certificates ,'' a tl, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 PTancs — 67a ''''tto per .. ........ TWO O'CLOCK, 1)Di1XElf)18tto Accon Mo e 91 1.! uL ................ .. SHARE MARKETS,---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. .hare. Railways. Paid. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall D o A A gets no cli‘ Do. B till6pc.pan.ha (been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. GreatEastcrn, Ord. stk Ditto A stock bitto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern-- . • • Do A stock Dol do Gt. S. an , I W. of Irelan Great Western .... • • Do Str Val gua. stock' Lancashire Yorkshire. London and Blackwal, Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., aad Dover Lon. & Norh Western Lon. & Sw.th Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do = shares • Metropolitan Midland Do New Binning. o & Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do. h shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Min., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—lierwisE. Do,G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do ork Do Carlisle.... ' orth London Do New ..... North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoc , Do Scot. Mid. stock ! Shrews. and Welchpoo (Shropshire Union ISouth Devon !South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines, Wok.,andWok 'Stockton & Darllngtol, US.I Do - Do New, 180; Taff Vale. Do B Do C lister Do Do Vale of Neath IVietoria sta. and Pim Waterford .3; Kilkeuny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dcß 1 West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Closing Business Price. done. 8 Si 1 Si 83 f 5 121 122 7 7i 37 39 lei 17 98 99 107 IC9 50 51 47 49 8 8i 127 '2B 1314 1321 184 .136 98 100 65 651 111 114 73 74 108 it() 43, 444 1072 1071 1011 102§! 5q 51 110 111 1291 )35 98 1,0 53 64 25 t 6 104 105 50 1 96 5k 50 60 91 92 119 121 1 2 p 781 791 11 114 124 126 43 45 98 100 63 61 33 31 851 06 g 8 100 10 , 04 8 38, 9 10 7 7 1 158 160 5 66 21 p 83 86 170 175 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Etailwayb t ;antic & St Lawrent' Itom.,Baroda&.Cent Inu Gu. Syer cent... Do. New . ...... Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preterance • dutlalo,BrantotGodricl , p. ct. bds. Aug. 1,187 k Do. do. July 1, lB7' Do. do. June 1, 18 - Clcut ta. Eas tn ( L Cape Town Dock Seri ! Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. Last Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. tir Ext Do: do. 1,1 do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Fret. Bonds.. Do. no. deferred...... Do. 2d Pret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P , ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred- Gt.lndfareum.gua. s p.c Do. New gua. 5 p. Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim uaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with' t opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. . Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. 0... Do. If p. o. Extension De. d 0... ...•• Do. Fifth Extension, Melb.Corp. p. 0. Bud , " nen). liobson's Bay Do. 7 p. C. Mortg. Newßr uazwick t Cantle, Class A an d.B. N. Itl.C'dao po Ist pt bdo Soinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puojaub Do. Do. 'c c' Do. Indus. St. Flo. 10' 8 7i all all LOG 100 100 100 100 100 Paid. All Closing Price. 60 104} loch I P 1 P 6 6} 8i 9} 102 104 101 103 106 107 I(si 106} l*P l*P 20 21 74 76 6) 52 68 70 53 5) 61 53 41 43 27 29 23 05 106 107 1 .11) 1i 11p iO3/1 104 i 10 ioi 11 10i, 92 95 86 88 .00 iO7 ,00 101 46 100 57 59 all 100 (10b 1 101: 2 ) 1 all 1 100 3 5 82 84 104 105 KO 107 • IP J 05 41 luel 101 103 T SEC U RITItz•. 102 1(4 1(2 ,C 4 1(3 1(5 91 92 90 92 106 108 109 111 109 111 112 114 110 112 194 106 110 10 t 104 99 100 99 100 99,1 1001 107 109 [o WS ,08 110 108 110 104 106 110 111 COLON lid, UOVERN - t an.tioy. t%p.c.J &J 111. 1877-84 Do. 6 p.c. Feb. & AuL4. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 6 Inscribed etoci. cape (3-. Hope, 6p 0,1871 Do.Ap .0 Oct. 1881 Do. 1811 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p Mauritius 8 per cent Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.13.G0v.6p.c..►a.&Ju17 DO. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot„ S.W. Goy. 5p Dv, p. c.,18,.t to 1 Do. d0.,1888 Acupwdv - New Zealand 6 p cent. Noya Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c ,S. Aus Grip.c.lts76.& up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6 p.n. A n.&061,.. BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id Milford Amalgamated —35 i Devcn U.ConB. ‘ "favist ) 1 576 6 8 5 East Bassett (111 man) 30 63 65 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. id par East Caradon ...... 1.14. , 27 28 East Cant Brea... 3.4.0 7i 8i • E. W'lltussel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 5 5 3 / 4 Gam.6LSt.Atinyn(Gwen , 581 8 10 —(treat South Tolgus 17s 41 Wheal Vor(lielstou 40 14 15 Grenville 6.16.1 4i 5 erc•d's-Foot 8.1•2 37 39 tiingston Downs 4.18.0 3 3i Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant ul 14 16 Starke Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Ore (Lim 23.• 1i 1 (.1 New Setun l9l 90 100 -- North Downs li 2 ilassetallo2, - at? 3.1.0 2. 3 North Wheal Crotty ear Consols(M. Blaze) - :'rovidenoe(Uny Leila., 10.0.7 43 45 ,South Caradon(St.Clee , It 425 135 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — loran. (Illogan 18.18.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 25 30 15 l farnar Silv.& Lead min. 4y h I ifin Croit j 18i 19 West Basset (Illogan) 1 i 11 12 W C , radon (Liskeard 5 20 22 West. Soton Wheal Basset (Mogan; 5i 85 90 Wheal Buller(loedruth) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lclant; 2.0.6 WhealLud ott Wheal MaryAnnt,:den ) s 12 126 Wheal Oeton sBi 145 155 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 21 22 Wheal Union 3.17 3 si PREFEREN(•E SHARES. Great Northern, 4i per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 104 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, LINES LEASED AP FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 97 Shrewbbury and Hereford, 138 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Namur and Liege, gua. 8 p er cen. pl., 19i S a n Faulo ;lira.), gua. 7 per cent., t Ditto (a.l), 211 Cobre Copper, 33 Port Philip, 1 FOREIGN MMES, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon zon and Liverpool (Urn.), 466 2 Ditto, new, 3 t: Anglo Austrian, 6: Bank of Victoria, Australia, 42 Bank of Wales, lim., 10 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 39} 40 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10; London and County, 60i 1 London and Westminster, 82 1i Metrop. and Prov. Bank (Urn.), 23 Ditto, Reserved issued at 42 pm., .22$ Provincial of Ireland, 90. t Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (11m, ) , 61 Union of Australia, 55i Union of Ireland (lim.), 211 MISCELLANEOUS. Ergliah and Australian Copper, 2i,i Hudson 8 Bay. 171 I International Financial Society, lim., 91 • Joint stock Discount, 7 London 'gnaw:la' Association, 'llm., 241 5 Nladras Irrigation and Canal, 31 National Discount Company, lim., National Steam Navigation, lint., 2 North British Australabian,lBl Oriental Inland Steam, lira 2 31 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 80 THE PRISON MINISTERS BILL AND TOWN COUNCILS.—Tee question of how far a Town Coun cil is empowered to interfere in the case of an appointment by borough magistrates of a Catholic chaplain to the borough gaol was the subject of an animated discussion yesterday at the meeting of the Liverpool Town Council. The ease is that of the Rev. James Nugent, who was recently appointed by the b nough magistrates Catholic chaplain of the Liver pool Borough Gaol, at a salary of £3OO per annum, which sum has to be paid by the Town Council. In some corre spondence between the Recorder and the Home Secretary the latter has stated that the Town Council have no power of review ; 'uut, not satisfied with this decision, the Council, at their meeting yesterday, instructed the Town Clerk to obtain counsel's opinion upon the subject. FLAXMAN'S STATUE OE BURNS.—CoI. W. Barns presented to the Burns monument, Capon Hill, Edinburgh, the original model by Flaxmau, of a statue of his father. ANOTHER FRENCH JULIET.—MdIIe. Duverger will shortly appear as Juliet, at the instance of Mr. Webster, who has taken the St. James's Theatre. 65f} 1 0 110} 11 73 1085 435 4 107} I 102 50 Business don 105 If 100 1001 100 100 100 100 100 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) RE CHILD. This was an application for release by this bankrupt, late of Chobham, Kent. Mr. Reed, of Conduit-street, a creditor, opposed in per son, on the ground that the bankrupt had obtained linen drapery goods to the valge of £2O by false representations. He stated that he was in the service of Earl Darnley, and referred to Mr. Curlewis, of Conduit-street, who also said that the bankrupt was in the earl's service. Witness there upon let the bankrupt have the goods; but a short time after he was waited upon by two detective officers, who said that they were aware that he had let the bankrupt have some goods, and asked the particulars, and gave him certain information on which he went down to Chobham and saw the bankrupt, who refused either to pay or return the goods; and the next day he wrote a letter (handed in) in which he complained the rudeness of Mr. Reid in asking for money, and his general gross manners on the occasion, and refused to pay. He, Mr. Reid, therefore brought an action to whi6 the bankrupt appeared, and put him (Reid) to £lO expenses—judgment was reserved and the bankrupt taken in execution, and when in prison he sent a bill for £.58, which he offered in payment, but which was refused. Mr. Reid also objected that, the bankrupt had not made a true statement of his debts and omitted several creditors, but he was not prepared with proof. The bankrupt said that the original invoice was for only £l6 and not £2O but this was denied by Mr. Reid. His Honour— How long has the bankrupt been in prison ? Bankrupt—`Twenty-five days. His Honour—Then I shall order the release. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW-STREET. ROBBING AN EMPLOYER.—A. man named Knowles and a woman named Smith were placed at the bar, charged with robbing Mr. Norris, ironmonger, of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. Sergeant Holmes, of the F division, said he had for some time been watching the movements of the male prisoner, and a few nights ago he saw him enter the house No. 13, East St. Theobald's-road, the residence of the female pri soner. The man left again, and then he, in company with another officer, entered the room, and told the female they were police officers, and they suspected that a quantity of goods, stolen from the shop of Mr. Norris, of Great R ussell street, were secreted in ber room. They searched the place, and found a number of iron pots and kettles hidden in various places, also in a work-box some pawnbroker's duplicates, all relating to iron ware. Sergeant Franklin, of the F division, said he was with the last witness when he searched the room of the prisoner Smith. He told her that she was charged with pawning the stolen property. He afterwards went to the rer idence of Knowles in Lumber-court, and there he also found a large quantity of ironware. Inspector West said, information having been given to the police, he proceeded to Dorrington-street, Coldbath fields, to the place of employment of Knowles. On seeing him he told him he was a police inspector, and that he ap prehended him on a charge of robbing his previous em ployer, Mr, Norris. He (witness) also told him that the woman Smith was in custody for pawning the articles. He admitted stealing the goods, and said that, whatever the woman had done, she had only acted under his directions, and that when she pawned the goods she had no notion that they had been stolen. The prisoner Knowles here denied that he had ever ad mitted stealing the goods. . Isaac Barnes, foreman to Mr. Norris, identified nearly all the property as belonging to the prosecutor. The property iu question consisted of expensive and highly-finished iire irons, knives and forks, teapots, copper kettles, brass brackets. _ _ _ Mr. Lewis, who appeared for Smith, asked the witness how he could identify the property as belonging to Mr. Norris. Witness said nearly the whole of the goods bore the pri vate trade mark of Mr. Norris, and he was certain they never had been sold. Mr, Lewis said the woman had acted openly throughout, and the fair inference would he that she believed they were bona fide the property of Knowles. He was well aware that, as the male prisoner was a married man, Smith could not stand in the same position as his wife ; but after he had examined the duplicates, he found that the whole of the property pawned only amounted to about Ile. He hoped, therefore she would be dealt with summarily. Mr. Hall asked some questions about the woman. Sergeant Holmes said she was a married woman and the mother of six children. Mr. Hall said the male prisoner had admitted stealing the goods, so the cave was settled as far he was concerned. It was a very sad case, as both the prisoners being married people had brought great trouble on their families and He should therefore fully commit both ii&isoners for trial to the sessions. _ _ Mr. Lewis asked for the woman to be admitted to bail. Mr. Hall refused the application. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COWARDLT ASSAULT.—Wm. Thomson, in the employ of Messrs Ivall and Large, coachmakers, South Audley street, was charged, on a warrant, with violently assaulting George Parker, shopman in the employ of Messrs. Cook and Co., coachmakers, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. The complainant, an elderly man, and apparently in a bad state of health, said that on Saturday, the 2d inst., the de fendant came to him and said, " Have you not been saying something about me to a person," at the same time men tioning a name and getting into a violent rage. He told the defendant that he had better fetch the young man that he might know what it meant, when the defendant made use of imprecations too dreadful to mention. He, fearing the defendant would strike him, told him not to touch him, as he was in a bad state of health, and no sooner had he uttered the words than the defendant struck him several violent blows in the face with his fists, and once under the heart. He (complainant) defended himself as well as he could, the blood flowing from the wounds in his face till lie was nearly choked, and then seized a stick to defend him self. In answer to Mr. Fisher, who appeared for the defendant, the complainant said he did not call the defendant a liar, and that ho only took up the stick to defend himself when he was attacked by the defendant. The defendant was fined 40s. and costs. THE NEW MARLBOROUGH-STREET POLICE COURT.— The present ill-suited building for the carrying on of public business will soon be superseded by a new court of ample dimensions and excellent arrangement, accommodation being provided for every person having business to transact. To professional men having to attend the court this will be a great boon, the accommodation hitherto provided for them, owing to the limited size of the court, being of the scantiest description. Another advantage of the new court, and a most important one, is, that it will be well ventilated and warmed. The whole of the offices will be on the ground floor, and not, as at present, in different parts of the build ing, The fittings of the new court are all of ♦arnished deal, and have a very good appearance. The work has been carried out in a very excellent manner by Messrs. Hollanct and Hannon, builders, of Duke-street, Bloomsbury. THAMES, THE IRISHMAN'S SCALING LADDER.—John Bryant, an Irish labourer, aged 24 years, and who gave his address, George-court, Harris-court, Rateliff, was brought before Mr. Woolrych on the following extraordinary charge of robbery. Mary Ann Brown, a well-dressed young woman, of the elass called unfortunate, and who was stated by the police to be a well conducted person, stated that she met with the prisoner at a late hour last nigh►, and after he had been with her a few minutes he agreed to accompany her to her home, No. 2, Little Farmer-street, Commercial-road. Her apartment was on the thitd storey of the house. After she entered her room with the prisoner he gave her 4s, which she placed on a mantel-shelf in her room, and went out with a jug to obtain some beer for supper, leaving the prisoner seated by the fireside. On her return she was surprised at finding the prisons! had gone, and missed a counterpane, two blanketo, and a sheet from the bed, and a dress from behind the door. One of the sheets was made fast to the leg of the bed, and the end of it let out of the window, which was open. The prisoner was on the groUnd under the window. She called for the police and gave him into custody, The money she left on the mantelshelf was also missing. In answer to questions by the Magistrate, the witness said that the prisoner told her that he had just come home from sea. The window of her room was about 40 feet from the ground. Thomas Jarvis, police constable, 40 H, said he saw the prisoner lying on the pavement close to the house, No. 2, Little Turner-street, with a woman's dress, counterpane, blankets, and sheet in his possession. There was another sheetpartiallyhanging out of the window of the third storey. He asked the prisoner if he was hurt, to which he replied, " More's the pity I had not hurt myself, I should not have been here." The prisoner had hurt himself, and after wards said his feet were very bad, and added, " I am like a cat, I always fall on my feet." The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, in a thick Munster brogue said—" The girl shut the door and locked me in. I thought to get out, and made a scaling ladder of the sheet and the blanket. I tied one to the other and discinded nicely from the windey, whin the knot I had tied gave way, and down, down I fell, sheet, blanket, coun terpane, dress and all, but I fell on my feet, yer howler's wortchip. Mr. Woolrych—Literally speaking, you did fill on your feet, but not figuratively ? Did you take the counterpane and the dress to assist you in your descent. The prisoner- 4 don't know how I came by them yer honner's wortchip. Mr. Woolrych—You are a deep hand; a practised thief, I suspect. You have robbed that young woman. You went home and made a very clumsy scaling ladder, as ycu call it, and risked the breaking of your neck. Jarvis said the prisoner broke the windows of the second floor room in his descent. He found 4s. Hid. upon him. Mr. Woolrych—l must know something more about the prisoner before I part with him. He is remanded for a week for inquiries. WESTMINSTER. A VERY STRANGE AFFAIR.—Mary Donovan, an Irishwoman, about 40 years of age, was charged with stealing Hs. 63., the moneys of Mary Ann Jackson. Prosecut rig said that her husband was dead, but that she was living with a man named Rose, who had been sen tenced at the sessions to pay a fine of £2O for keeping a brothel. Yesterday afternoon prosecutrix went to a pawn • broker's with some articles to enable her to raise part of the money to pay the £2O. When she returned home she had half a sovereign, 2e. 6c1., and afl )rin. Prisoner, who is her deceased husband's sister-in-law, was there when she returned _home to Green-street, Marlborough-road, Chelsea, and saw the money. Witness asked prisoner whether he was going to give her girl a florin to get some bacon with, when the accused said, " I owe you a shilling," and gave it her. When they had finished tea the child said, " Mother, I saw aunt put her hand in your pocket." This prisoner stoutly denied, and prosecutrix could not' believe it till she was going to take the money to a person to mind, when she put her hand in her pocket and found it all gone. The place was searched, but the money could not be found, and prisoner, after alter cation, walked sharply away, but a policeman followed, and took her into custody. Police-constable Sharp, 161 B, proved taking the pri soner into custody. He did not lose sight of her. When searched at the station three half-crowns, a florin, two shillings, and some other things were found upon her. Prisoner stoutly denied the charge, and said that prose• cutrix was drunk. Mr. Arnold, after in vain attempting to ascertain from the prosecutrix whether she lost sight of prisoner or not, and failing to do so, said it was a most singular affair, and took defendant's security in £5 to appear on a future day, Prisoner (crying)—She accused me of s wallowing the half-sovereign, a bunch of keys, a thimble, and all her money. A Lady Fined for Giving a False Character. Jane Howard, a lady residing at Taunton, was charged, at the Marylebone Police-court, yester day, with having, " on.the 13th of October, 1663, a falsely personated a mistress, and giving false character to one Anne Wingate, a person cffering herself to be hired as a servant to Mr. John Bol dero, contrary to the statute," C. Miss Howard, as Mr. Sleigh said, is a lady of great respectability, residing in Taunton with her brother, who has a large farm there. She was well acquainted with the Wingate family at Taunton, who are very re respectable people. Anne Wingate left Taunton, and from her Miss Howard received the followine letter Miss Howard,—l hope you will not think I am taking a liberty when I ask you for a great favour. I am married, and my husband is going to Dublin for two years, and I shall have to remain in London, and must get an other situation. I have tried to get one, but lam always objected to on account of my being married. I shall be thankful it you will give me a twelve months' good character. I shall always think kindly of and be grateful to you," &c. The follow ing was the character sent by Miss Howard : " Miss Howard presents her compliments to Mrs. Boldero, and begs to say that during the long time Anne Wingate was in her service elae always found her strictly honest, sober, cleanly, and industrious. She can truly recommend her as a good servant.— Monckton, October 29." On the strength of this character the girl obtained the situation in the establishment of Mr. Boldero, of the firm of Spencer, Turner, and Boldero, of Lisson-grove. Shortly after she had been in her place robberies became frequent. She was at length caught in the act, and her husband was found to be the receiver. They are now both waiting their trial. The defen dant pleaded guilty to the charge of giving the false character, and Mr. Sleigh, at some length, spoke in behalf of his client, who, he said, had sinned in ignorance. In disposing of the case, Mr. Knox said—ln a simple matter of this sort I have only one duty to perform—that is to protect the public from being imposed upon by such recom mendations as that given by the defendrnt. By this practice any thief, burglar, or house breaker, or cut-throat can get into a service where any amount of depredation might be committed. In this case she gives a character to a thief who gets into Mr. Boldero's service, and there commits a most abominable robbery. The offence is a most direful one, and-I hope this will be a warning to persons in her position against giving false charac; - - tern. I have the option of reducing the penalty, but I shall not in this case. I cannot help saying that the defendant has acted scandalously for one in her position. I inflict the full penalty of £2O and 10s. costs, with the alternative of three months' imprisonment. Alleged Desecration of the Dead in Whi field's Chapel Burial Ground. Yesterday at the weekly meeting of the representative vestry of St. Pancras, Mr. Churchwarden Taylor in the chair, A report from the sanatory committee was presented, con taining a letter which had been received from the Home Secretary, Sir George Grey, in reference to the recent al • leged desecration of the dead in the burial ground attached to Whitfield's Chapel, Tottenham-court-road. This com munication, which was in reply to a communication from the vestry calling the attention of the Home Secretary to the subject, stated that from a report which the Home Se • cretary had received as to the proceedings of certain persons in digging up the burial ground in question, received from an inspector of burial grounds appointed to investigate the matter, it appeared that the works directed to be done in the burial ground by the order of her Majesty in Council of the 11th of January, 1859, had not been performed. That in accordance with the intent of such.order, the Home Secretary proposed issuing a further order under the provisions of the 22d Victoria, cap. 1, sec. 1, but before doing so he desired to be informed whether the authorities of St. Pancras were willing to undertake that all the ground which had been excavated should be covered with a layer of fresh earth, of 18 inches at least, and to undertake, in connection with its surface, the maintenance of the growing vegetation. The report recommended that the vestry should notify to the Secretary of State their willingness to under take what he proposed, providing the Secretary of State gave an indemnity to the churchwardens, who were the proper parties to carry out the order, against any legal pro ceedings on the part of the trustees or other parties who had purchased the ground under an order in Chancery. Mr. J. N. COLLINS moved the adoption of the report,and said he certainly thought, for the protection of the church wardens, they should ask for this indemnity. The motion having been seconded, Mr. Bislior and Mr. CAMERON, both members of the legal profession, argued that the order from the Home office and the provisions were in themselves a sufficient pro tection t 3 the churchwardens in carrying it out, and there. fore there was no necessity to hamper the reply to the Sec • retary of State with such a proposal. An amendment was moved to leave out the proposal as to the indemnity. Mr.,NOW'S considered nothing could result by carrying out the Act of Parliament, which ought to compel those who had disturbed the ground to pay for its restoration. (Oh.) The vestry could then maintain it like Marylebone did the closed cemeteries of St, John's-wood and Padding street burial grounds. Mr. DOUGLAS viewed the matter differently. He under stood that two or three people held this ground in fee, and if they consented to do this all might be well. But suppose the churchwardens insisted on doing it, they might bring actions for trek , ' ass. (No, nc.) The amendment was carried by a large majority. SHOCKING DISASTER AT STAMFORD.—A very sad accident happened at a ladies' school, kept by Miss Collins, in St. Mary's-place, Stamford, on Monday, which resulted in the death of Mr. Arthur Barston, aged 20, and severe injury to one of the servants. In the scullery was a small boiler, which was used for the purpose of supplying hot water to a bath upstairs. Oa Monday morning a fire was lighted under the boiler to prevent the water in the pipes from freezing; and in the afternoon the attention of the mistress was directed to the fact that th© water in the bath-room still remained cold. She had not left the scullery more than a few minutes, for the purpose of sending for a plumber, when the boiler exploded with great force. The door and window of the scullery were blown out, and nearly everything in it destroyed. The deceased had been skating, and bad just called at the house with his sister, ono of the teachers, and it is supposed that, hearing the boiler make a suspicious noise, ho went to see the cause at the moment it exploded, and he was instantly killed. The cook, a young woman, aged 22, also sustained a compound fracture of the thigh and other severe injuries, and now lies in a dangerous state at the infirmary. At the inquest which was opened on the body of deceased, a juror expressed his opinion that there was ice in the pipes leading ft om the boiler to the bath-room, and that the circulation of the steam was pre vented. The inquiry was adjourned,,that a sfitntifio ema ululation might be made. The Weather and the Parks.---This Day. The attendance on the ornamental water this ' morning was very numerous, and the continued severity of the frost rendered the ice much more secure, but owing to the thin surface being very uneven the exercise of the favourite pastime was rendered somewhat difficult. To this circumstance may be attributed many of the ugly falls which took place during the day. The sliders were in full force, and so were the venders of roasted chest nuts, hot and strong ginger or peppermint drops and many other winter dainties. The attendance of spectators on either bank of the water was very great, and although there was no display of scientific and graceful evolutions by the skaters to repay their curiosity, there was plenty of fun occasioned by the mishaps of the sliders. The thermometer early this morning marked 14 degrees below freezing point, but in the middle of the day it stood at 28. _ _ I❑ Hyde•park the Serpentine was in much better condition for the skaters, and thus the display there was much more attractive. In Kensington-gardens and Regent's , park the ice on the ornamental water was crowded with fashionables. There were several members of the Skating Club present, and amongst those at the latter place were several ladies, who created quite a sensation e by their graceful evolutions. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. [LIVERPOOL SPRING MEET ING.—MAncn 5. The Liverpool Spring Cup (handicap) of 100 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each. About a mite and a half. Age. Aurelian .. 6 Argonaut 5 Alpheus .. 3 Berkeley .. .. 5 Bosh .. 5 Blondin 4 Black Deer .. .. 4 Costa .. 5 Carisbrook 5 Claxton .. 3 Dark Lily .. .. 4 Dunkeld .. 4 Dr. Syntax .. 4 Donne Canno - 5 Farce.. 4 Fanny Seaton .. 3 Fontenoy 4 Farnham .. 3 Flash in the Pan a Gardener .. 6 A Handicap. Hurdle Race, 01 Two Age. Age. Ghillie Gallum .. 3 Jack's Alive;.. .. 4 Jou, .. 4 King of Clubs .. 3 Lord i3urleigh. .. 5 Merry Maid .. 5 Macbeth .. 3 Mahometan .. 3 Naxos St. Lawrence.. .. 5 The Knave .. 5 The Doctor .. .. 3 The Monk .. .. a The Clown .. 3 Truant .. .. 4 Trojanus 4 Veterinarian.. 3 Warminster .. 5 Welcome .. 5 :f 5 eovs each, with 40 added. miles. Age. Old Squire .. .. a Over the Sea 5 Pot Pourri .. 5 Remunerator .. a Romeo .. a Southerly Wind .. 5 Sinking Fund a Southport .. 6 Soothsayer .. .. a Stanton .. .. 6 Serious Case .. a Shropshire .. 6 Speedy .. 5 Satellite .. a Tolurno .. 5 True Heart .. .. 4 Topsy West End .. .. 6 Wortham .. 6 Amy .. - 6 Amain • • •• 6 Baron of Avon 4 Cutler Cygnet 5 Chester .. a Corsier .• a Church-Militant 5 D unraven. .. 6 Edith Emblem a Emblematic .. 6 Joe Maley .. a Lothians' King 6 Lady of the .. 4 Lincoln .. a Merryman. .. a Marble Hill .. 5 Mistake .. 4 The Sefton Handicap of 100 5 soya each, sovs, added to a sweepstakes Six furlongs. Age. Abbott .. .. 3 Alice Leigh .. .. 3 Argonaut .. .. 5 Arbutus .. .. 3 Blondin .. 4 Bernice .. 6 Bosh .. .. 5 Buckland 3 Cutaway .. .. 3 Crisis .. .. 4 Coverdale .. 3 Claxton .. 3 Dishonoured.. .. 3 Dilston .. 3 Donnybrook .. .. 4 Dovedale .. 3 Dunkeld .. 4 Danaus .. 3 Ellerton .. 6 East Lancashire .. 4 Farfalla .. 5 F by Guiacowe: 3 Ghiilie Callum .. 3 Gardener .. .. 6 Hesper .. 6 'Jelin 3 Independence .. a Age. Jane Shore .. .. 3 London .. .. 3 Lobelia .. 3 Lady Clifden.. .. 6 Lord Burleigh .. 5 Moulsey .. 3 Macbeth .. 3 My Mary .. 5 Naxos.. .. 3 Neophyte .. .. a Poland .. 4 Prescription .. .. 3 Persuasion .. 3 Queen of Trumps .. 5 Rose .. .. 3 Strawberry Hill .. 4 Tomfoolery .. 3 Tooi Tooi 3 Tarragona .. 5 The Clown .. 3 Veterinarian .. .. 3 Voluptas .. 4 Wild Thyme.. .. 3 Waterloo .. 3 Weatherspy .. 4 Z uleika 6 MR, WYLD AT BODKIN. Mr. James Wyld, one of the members for Bodmin, rendered an account of his stewardship to his con stituents on Monday evening. The hon. gentleman delivered a very exhaustive speech, touching on the topics of the day. He expressed himself in favour of the abolition of church rates, and approved of the settlement of the education question which had been arrived at by the Committee of Council of Educa tion. He was opposed to Lord Palmerston's motion for the purchase of the International Exhibition building, and suggested that instead of all the scientific collections of the country being absorbed by London, the people should demand that the du plicates should be distributed amongst the rising and populous towns, always preserving a grand national collection. With respect to the Duchy of Cornwall Management Bill, he believed it would be beneficial both to the Prince and the tenant. He should like to see the codification, revision, and consolidation of our laws. He approved of the policy of non-intervention, and on the question of Reform blamed Lord Palmerston's Government for not fulfilling his promises to Reformers. He dis approved of our policy in Japan; did not blame Admiral Kuper, but those from whom his instruo• tions emanated. He dwelt at length on the colo nial policy of the Government, and contended that the colonies which were not under the control of the Home Government should be compelled to pay the cost of their own military defence. The member for Bodmin sympathises with the Poles, but would not advocate an armed intervention in their behalf. He does not wish to see Denmark's affairs meddled with, and approves of the course adopted by Eng land in reference to the proposed Congress.— Western Daily Mercury. MARKETS —This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 39s 10d ; barley, 31s 8d ; oats, 18s 9d ; rye, 30s Od ; beans, 33s 8d ; and peas, 33s Id. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s 7cl; barley, 32s Bcl ; oats, 198 2d ; rye, 31s 2cl; beans, 34s 10d ; peas, 33s Bd. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 90,330; barley, 88,232 ; oats, 11,723 ; rye, 150 ; beans, 3,733 ; peas, 1,705 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. A very limited supply of beasts was on offer in our mar ket' to-day, and all breeds moved off freely, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81b6. The best Scots and crosses realised 5s 4d per Bibs. The show of sheep was very mode rate, and the mutton trade was steady, but by no means active, at Monday's currency. The top figure was 6s per 81bs. We have to report a brisk sale for calves, at an im provement in value of 4d per 81bs. Prices ranged from 4a 4d to 5s 4d per 81bs. Pigs were 2d to 4d per 81bs dehrer, and the value of mulch cows was well supported. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme. S' thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 Large crse. calves 4 4 4 10 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 ILarge hogs 4 0 4 6 I Small porkers :4 8 5 0 ; and quarter-old store pigs, s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 10 4 2 Second quality do. 4 4 4 8 Prime large oxen 410 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. 5 2 5 4 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 4 8 5 2 Suckling calves, 12s to 20s 20s to 26s each. TOTAL 817PFLY. Beasts .... Cows llO Sheep Calves l2O Pigs 205 MEAT MARKETS. FOREIGN surrLY. Beasts lBO Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade generally is firm, and In some instances prices have an upward tendency. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s Gd; mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 6d ; veal, 4s to 48 8d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs by the car case. SOUTHALL, Jan. 6.—The sup?lies of stock were only moderate. Generally speaking, the trade ruled firm at upward quotations. Beet, from ,3s 8d to 5s 2d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s 2d ; veal, 4s 2d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per Sibs, to sink the offal. ILOMFORD, Jan. 6.—Stock moved off somewhat briskly as follows :--Bed, from 3s Gd to 5s ; mutton, 4s 4d to 6$ 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s Sd ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 84 per gibs; suckling calves, 12s to 20s; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 268; and milch cows, £l4 to .ClB Os each. HAY MARK ZT S. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £1 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 Ns Od ; and straw, £1 Os to £1 lOs per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—MearIow hay, £3 Os to 12s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 0(1 ; and straw, £l6s to £1 lOs per load. A short supply. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s0d ; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 Os to £1 lOs per load. Supply limited, and trade firm, THE ARMY RELIEFS. (From the Army and Navy Gazette.) Although it is, perhaps, somewhat premature to speculate upon the reliefs of the year which has just commenced, and although many exceptional cir cumstances may occur to vary materially the pro gramme that would be carried out in the absence of disturbing causes, there are yet some moves cf regiments so palpably pointed out by the require ments of the service, that we do not run much risk in looking over the roster and predicting the more likely of the changes. In the first place, the authorities very wisely adhere to the plan of carry irg out the Indian relief regularly, and in July we may expect to see one regiment of cavalry and five of infantry despatched to the East. In all pro bability the 18th Hussars will proceed to the Mad ras Presidency to relieve the 17,h Lancers; and the Ist battalion 1 1 th, 2d battalion 12th, 58th, and 45th to Bengal, to relieve the 48th, 71st, 52d, and 81st. The 2alh, et Bombay, will also be relieved either by a battalion from the Colonies or by the 26th from England. Although in strictness it is not the turn of the 26th to go abroad next after the 45th, yet the intervening regiments-the Ist bat talion .10th 86th, 324, 84th, 78th, and 29:h -came last from India, and the 26th from Ber muda; and this circumstance ill no doubt weigh in favour of having the 26th sent to India, although it returned to England a couple of months after these corps. The break up of the St. Helena Regiment will oblige us to send a wing to the island, and we are rather short at tree Cape. In all likelihood a regiment would be cent out to be divided between these two stations, and if so, the Ist battalion of the 10th, now in Ireland, stands first for this duty. It is not likely that any other regiment will go abroad during 1864. The cession of the lonian Islands in April will place four extra battalions at our disposal, and they will about suffice to fill the place of corps on other stations which have a fair claim to relief. There are, for instance, the Ist battalion 14th at Jamaica, the Ist battalion 21st Fusiliers at Barbadoes, the 39th at Bermuda, all of which went abroad early in 1854, and have been a long time on their present stations. The fourth battali';n released from Corfu might be made available to bring back one of the battalions of the Guards sent out on special service in 1861, but now detained on something like ordinary colonial duty. There are three line battalions in Canada-the 62d, Ist .battalion 17th, and 63d-which having gone abroad in 1854, in strictness ought to come home in 1864; but when we compare the nature of their service and the circumstances of their prolonged absence with those of the 65th and 70th in New Zealand, they have no very serious ground of complaint. On the other hand, the Guards, although ready and willing for service in the field, are not unnaturally somewhat dissatisfied at being kept doing colonial garrison duty, and the relief of one battalion, which is now possible, could not be objected to. We know not which of the bat talions now in Canada has the first claim to return; both came from Portugal in 1828, both went to America on the same day in 1861 ; and we are merely echoing a surmise in saying that the Grena diers stand before the Scots Fusiliers for relief. We have lately had considerable changes among the Mediterranean stations-nearly one-half of the gar risons of Malta and Corfu having just changed places -and we may assume that the battalions thus re moved will not be speedily disturbed. The 2d bat talion of the 7th, the 4th battalion Rifle Brigade, the 2d battalions of the Bth, 15th, and 234, and the 100th, would thus appear unlikely to be affected by the coming changes. The four battalions that have been longest on the Mediterranean station have not been so moved ; each of them has had two stations for some time, and we doubt not but that they will now be sent across the Atlantic. One would go to British North America, one to Bermuda, one to Barbadoes, and one to Jamaica. Taking them in order we may thus expect to see the Ist battalion 25th sent from Malta to Canada (or perhaps to Halifax or New Brunswick), allowing one of the regiments here, the Ist battalion 15th or the 2d battalion 17th, to fill the place of the Guards bat talion in Canada ; the 2d battalion of the 2d Queen's, from Gibraltar to Bermuda, relieving the 39th ; the 2d battalion 3d Buffs, from Gibraltar to Barbadoes, relieving the Ist battalion 21st Fusiliers ; and the 2d battalion 6th Regiment, from Coriu to Jamaica, relieving the Ist battalion 14th. We should thus have the remaining three battalions from Corfu to take the place of the 25th at Malta and the 24 and 3d at Gibraltar. In all probability the 2d battalion of the 9th would go to Malta, and the Ist battalion 9th and 2d battalion 4th to Gib raltar, thus completing the Mediterranean, West Indian and North American arrangements for this year. Beyond those coming from India we see no immediate prospect of any of the regiments in the East being brought home., The corps of the Cape, Ceylon, the Mauritius have not been long enough on foreign service to entitle them to a turn of home service for some time to come; but in New Zealand there are some regiments whose detention abroad can only be justified by the very urgent demands of the war with the Maoris. Thus the 65th went out in 1846, the 70th in 1849, the 43d, just gone on from India, in 1851, the 40th in 1852, the 75th in 1853. The 68th, too, possess a strong claim to relief, owing to the fact of their having been only a few months in England when they were suddenly despatched out to India ; but all these regiments must wait for the conclusion of the war before they can expect to see England again. Our home changes during the year are likely to be tolerably numerous. The Irish establishment is rather short ; the three battalions-Ist battalions 19th and 21st, and the 36th Regiment-not having been adequately replaced. When five or six more come to be sent abroad, it is apparent that we must send a tolerably large number of regiments across the Channel. In all likelihood the 78th Highlanders, 41st, 49th, Ist battalion 60th Rifles, 53d, let bat talion Bth, 61st, and 2d battalion Ist Royals, will leave for the sister isle in the course of the year, their places taken by regiments from Aldershot, and by those now on the eve of sailing from India-the Ist battalion 13th, 74th, and 69th-and by the regi ments from the West Indies and Bermuda. It is very likely that one of these corps, instead of going to Ireland, may be sent to Glasgow to take the place of the 41st, end that a regiment from Shorncliff, the sth Fusiliers, or 83d " County of Dublin," may go to Ireland. The 92d Highlanders and 85th Light Infantry are, we believe, the only regiments at home who have not yet gone through a course of camp instruction; the former will come up from Edin burgh to Aldershot, and will very probably be suc ceeded in the Scotch capital by the 74th, shortly after they have landed in England. The 85th will doubtless also be sent to Aldershot. With respect to the cavalry reliefs, as we have said, the 18th Hussars are certain to go to Madral in the course of the summer to take the place of the 17th Lancers at Secunderabad ; but the latter regiment will not be home till early in 1865. The Bth Hussars may be expected from India in the course of the present spring, and very likely they will be quartered at Exeter. Two regiments are likely to be brought over from Ireland, and two sent in their place. The 15th and 4th Hussars are those to come over, and one of them will no doubt take the place of the 3d Hussars in Scotland. The 16th Lancers are, in strictness, the first cavalry regiment for service in Ireland; but, inasmuch as they are for India in 1865, it is not likely that the expense and trouble of sending them across the Channel for one year's service will be incurred. Under these circumstances the 9th and 12th Lancers are the corps most likely to succeed the 15th and 4th Hussars on the Irish establishment. The Scots Greys and 14th Hussars will come up from Bir mingham and Manchester respectively to Aldershot, in place of the 13th Hussars and Carabineers. Wo shall, no doubt, as usual, have a fine cavalry force at the great ciemp this summer, and it is probable that the 2d Life Guards, Carebineers, Royal Dra goons, Scots Greys, 9th and 12th Lancers, and the 13th, 14th, and 18th Huesaro, will all be at Aldershot for a greater or less period. DR. ANDREW REED wrote the following epitaph for himself:—" I sprang from the people; I have lived for the people—the most for the most unhappy ; and the people, when they shall know it, will not allow mo to die out of their loving remembrance." THE POLISH INEURRECTIO. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) WARSAW, Jan. 6.—A decree has been issued by the Government ordering the sequestration of ail the moveable and immove able property of the higher clergy participating in the insurrection, in addition to the former contribntion of 6 per cc nt. recently imposed upon the bishops, and upon 18 canonries. BRESLAU, .Tan. 6.—Advises received here from Poland state that an Imperial ukase has been pub lished, recalling to their standards the oid soldiers of the Kingdom of Poland, n7cv upon untimited leave of absence. An engage:=•eat of the insurgents under Kock has taken place with the Rassiars, but the result was indecisive. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Sales probably only about 1,000 or 2,000 bales, at -13. to V. below Laursday. Impart, 2,403 ; previ. ously, 8,416. Mr. Bright and the Pirate, (From the .Birmingham Post.) Those of our readers who remember the bankruptcy of Mr. J. Rubery will no doubt remember also that Mr. J. Rubery had a brother, younger than himself, who, being sent out to New York to " settle accounts" with a Mr. Hill, wandered off to California with, it was stated, certain moneys in his possession. The young man was the object of a great deal of discussion and evidence in the Bankruptcy Court, and if we remember rightly the case was adjourned once, or more than once, for his production as a witness. He never came, but in his place Hill made his appearance, remarking, when asked what brought him here, " The steamship Europa." Hill, if our recollection serves us as it should do, stated that young Rubery had called on him, settle ,f accounts, and set out for California. As to the " settling accounts" we know nothing—but it was agreed on all hands that California was the destination of Mr. J. Rubery's brother. It now turns out that the young man has, through the influence of Mr. Bright, narrowly escaped hanging. So far as we can make out, Rubery (of Califorr ia), getting money somewhere, became part pro prietor of a steamship, which set out from New York with supposed supplies for California. At all events, whether part proprietor or not, he was supercargo ; and the "cargo'' of which he was " super" seems to have consisted chiefly of arms and ammunition, with a great deal of quicksilver thrown in as ''a blind." The real object of the journey, however, seems to have been a piratical one, the plan being to lie off San Francisco until an outward bound gold vessel should fall into the clutches of the crew of the " supply" steamer, in which case there is little doubt that the crew of the gold vessel would have been murdered, and their cargo stolen. Two of Rubery's sailors, however, got ashore, and divulged the whole business, whereupon the supply ship was seized, and Rubery and his compa nions were in imminent danger of being hanged, if, indeed, they were not already sentenced; we do not know how this was. This, however, is pretty certain : Rubery wrote home explaining that he had an objection to being hanged, but stating that he did not care ranch for a term of impri sonment, his apartments at the gaol being the most comfort able he had occupied for some time past. As was natural, his friends here were greatly concerned ; and feeling that Mr. Bright and Mr. Cobden were about the only persons in this country who had influence enough in America to get a commutation of the young scapegrace's sentence, they applied to the friend of both gentlemen, Mr. Charles Sturge, ex-mayor of Birmingham. Mr. Sturge, a strong advocate for the abolition of capital punishment, at once wrote to Mr. Bright, and Mr. Bright at once communicated with the Federal Government at Washington. The result was a commutation of Rubery's sentence to 10 years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 dole. Hero Mr. Sturge's efforts ended. The crime of which Rubery was convicted was, as he took it, a very serious one, and the only ground on which be had been induced to interest himself in the young man's behalf was his belief that capital punishment was simply judicial murder. Mrs. Joseph Sturge, how ever, together with certain members of the Society of Friends in Birmingham, looking at the young man's youth, his previous good conduct, and the influences by which he was surrounded, moved Mr. Bright to obtain, if possible, a full pardon. Mr. Bright, it would seem, com ' plied with this request, and by the last mail received a letter from a high authority in Washington—at all events such a letter has been communicated to Rubery's friends— containing the following passage :—" Rubery's pardon will issue as soon as the papers can be prepared. There is much feeling in California against the crime of Rubery and his associates ; but the judge who tried him, and both senators say, that everybody will be satisfied if it be known that Mr. Bright, the good friend of our country, desired the pardon." SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 7.—Wind this day at noon—North ; moderate breeze, and foggy weather, with severe frost. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 6.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Roman, screw steamer, for the Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 6.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Constance, for Bucharest. FALMOUTH, Jan. s.—Wind E.—Sailed—Oriental, for Gibraltar. FOWEY, Jan. 6.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—William Carey, for Cuba. HOLYHEAD, Jan. 6.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Ondine, rom Liverpool for Accra. Sailed—Sprite of the Wind, for Nassau. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 7.—Arrived—City of Washington, from New York. SIN - assn., Jan. 6.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Drew, for Havannah. (EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 6—Karen Ane Sophie, from Gothenburg— Iduna, from Oscarsham. Arrived, Jan. 7.—Esterphania, from Denia—Panheur, from Gothenburg—Norden, from Socerham. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—H.M.S. Haile (?), from the Pacific, for Wool wich—H.M.S. Fox, from Woolwich, for Portsmouth -11,51.5. Hecate, from the Pacific, for Woolwich—Edith screw steamer, for Trieste—Golconda, for Auckland—Maid of the Mist, for Plymouth, all from London. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English ➢tint price of .£3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in London and Paris. By advices fromilamburg the price of gold is 424 k per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.4 a per £1 sterling. standard gold at the English dirt price is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills At 60 days' sight is 163 to 164 per cent., and the premium en gold is 494 to 491 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. TAUCHNITZ'S " COLLECTION OF BRITISH Auznons," Volumes 684-686, contain Mrs. IlenryWood's tale, "The Shadow of Ashlydyat." BUSINESS IN THE COMMON LAW COURTS. —The arrears in the common law courts on Monday, when term commences, will number 146 rules, &c. In the Queen's Bench, 68; in the Common Pleas, 44 ; and in the Exche quer, 36. ADMISSION OF ATTORNEYS.—There are j 93 ap plicants to be admitted as attorneys next term, and seven applications for readnaission, besides other parties applying to be enrolled, Already there are more than 10,000 on the roll. THE LAW SOCIETY.—The examiners appointed. for the intermediate examination of persons under articles of clerkship to attorneys have appointed Thursday, the 21st of January, at half-past 9 a.m,, at the hall of the Incorporated Law Society, in Chancery-lane, for the exa mination. The examination will commence at 10 o'clock precisely and close at 4 o'clock. On the day of examina tion papers will be delivered to the candidate containing questions to be answered in writing, classed under the several heads of-1, Preliminary; 2, Common Law; Conveyancing; 4, Book-keeping. THE IRISH EIODUS.--Whatever mvy have been the former sins of some Irish landlords, there is no reason to accuse that class of being accessory to the con tinued emigration of the last few years. In 1819, more than 72,000 persons wore evicted from their dwellings, of whom a large proportion doubtless left Ireland ; but in 1859 there were but 491 cases of eviction, affecting in all 2,348 persons, so that, even if every ono of them emigrated, this cause goes but a little way towards accounting for the departure of more than 80,000 persons in the latter year. GERMAN AND FRENCH TOYMAKERS.—The great competitors of the French manufacture of toys are the Germans, and both nations possess a peculiar talent for this branch of industry. The export of toys from Franco has increased tenfold within 30 years, which the French manufacturers atttribute to their superior taste and to the great variety of their productions. A notable event took place at Oldham on Mon day. About B,OCO persons were "tecr and feted by Mr. John Platt, of the Hartford New Iron Works, in celebration of his . eldest, son attaining his majority. Th° f es tivities were held in the works, whic h were specialiy fitted up, and the amount of provisio ns consumed wouil t have stocked a largo retail establishment. There Was a ball in the evening, and an address to Mr. Platt. The Ostdeustsche Post publishes a le . tle s r h fr a o y m e Paris, stating that the D anish complicaettbo er, and drawn France and Eng land closer to gt purpose to be wrested from Deamarkosi for that the Emperor is a verse to al l o w the a nic Confederation. being incorporated i n the Germ 3 r f 0 • h ark stock stock itock 4took stook stock stock stock 20 stock t UK 1K et ock S' 00 MEN 1061 6